"Opening Day" (Canton) / Jim Laurino
When Burlington artist Jim Laurino’s “All Seasons: The New England Landscape” opens at the Canton Public Library on Tuesday, Aug. 31, his paintings will be only part of the show. The frames he has around them will be worth a look, too.
All of the paintings on display, about 30 of them, will be framed in “scrap materials” Laurino has gathered, including broken down “cabinets, roofing material, TV stands, anything I can get a straight edge out of … crating material. It’s kind of fun to work with, and people seem to dig it.”
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Plus, Laurino says, this kind of framing works well with what he does. “The frames are rough and course,” he says, “and my painting style is a little coarse.
“It’s a great way to reuse materials that would otherwise end up in landfills.”
Laurino, who works with both acrylics and oil, studied painting and color theory at UConn. He describes his work as “representational and impressionistic,” and likes to provide “multiple, subtle focal points” to stimulate the viewer.
Many of the scene in this show come from the Farmington Valley. “Opening Day,” above, “Potters Marsh” and “Joannes Pasture” in the gallery below were inspired by settings in Canton, Laurino says.
An associate artist member of the Lyme Art Association, Laurino is also a member of the West Hartford Art League. His show at the library runs through October.
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– dotCANTON
